Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-02-04
TITLED MARRIAGES.

monv so onerous that they will
bear them no longer, it is the most
forcible protesf Of the day against
the marriages of American girls to
foreigners of any nation simply be-
cause of their rank. 1t had been
supposed that this was the one
couple whose amicable relations
were without cloud. The Anglo
maniac American matron was wont
TO point to them, when taken to
task touching her anxiety to en-
graft her tender bud upon some
noble Britannia family tree. When
ever it was stated that out of thlr.
ty.one marriages of American
misses to German barons, French
counts, and Italian princes, there
we're but three OF the wives living
with their titled husbands, the an
swer was that when we considered
England it was different. There
was Lady Harcourt, the daughter
of the historian, Motley, who was
still in the home of her lord and
master, and Lady Churchill. These
two were cited as models of the
transplanted American women who
nourished and grew apace on Brit
ish soil. The truth about Lady
Harcourt is very well known to
few. She is no longer in her first
youth, ana long endurance has
weakened her capacity to resist
SO she bears her cross, for cross 1t
is, and will to the end. Lady
Churchill is of a different type
Extremely handsome, full OF spirit
and wit, she should have succeeded,
if success be possible. She has
done her duty to her husband as
loyalty as ever woman did it. Dur
| ing the canvass of last fall for his
parliamentary seat Lady Churchill
took a hand so vigorously that 1t
was a common saying among the
voters of Paddington, which he
represented, that "Lord Randy's
American wife pulled HIM through
No American woman with a titled
husband was 80 well known on
both sides of the ocean as was
Lady Churchill. As Miss jerome
she was one Of the bellies of New
York before her marriage, whose
right to birthhOod was undisputed.
These who knew her liked her as
much for her goodness of heart and
womanIv worth as tor her beatty.
When twelve years ago her hus-
band met and married her she be-
came as great a favOrite at Blen-
helm. the historic seat of the Duke
of Marlborough, as she had been
. in New York. Her brother-in-laW,
the Marquis of Blandford, the eld
q est son of the Duke of Marlborough,
treated her with courtesy, and
spoke more respectfully Of her than
of any woman living except his
p mother. That fine old English
gentleman, the Duke, her father-ln
d law, who was the living image oi
Mr.. Reverdy Johnson, fairly dotted
on his sons pretty, bright, young
, American wife. Even the Queen
, whose intensely British prejudice
! conld never endure "tOrelgners,
} took to the American girl, who, Sc
= far from home and all she had eve
been accustomed to, bore a brave
heart i'm her fits Of heim,reh ant
loneliness. To be sure, there wer'
old fellows, relics Of the days wheT
Q George the Forth was King, WHIT
l calmly looked on and said, "Wait
4 The bad black drop of blood tha
S the Marlt,OrOnghs have inherited
= from the head of the house, JOhl
u Churchill, must out in Randy. /
r is IN them all.p Well, it looks a
= though these Jobs comforters ar
u right in their prophecy. The blacI
5 dron has come ont in the presen
II Duke, and with a vengeance. Ill
@ ls forty-two years old. Before h
y was thirty he had figured twice il
Il the most disgraceful cases OF seduc
+ ton. At thirty he had ruined th'
, wife of his bosom friend, poo
Aylesford, who died year or tw'
o ago far away from home ant
1t friends. His own wife he drov
j almost to desperation, until he
II friends would not permit him t
$ kill her body and soul, and tool
l. her broken hearted back to he
Il
Il chIldhood's home. This is the rec
)l ord of the head of the great hons
E of Marlborough. The second son
it seems, is going the same way
With phenomenal advancement
for he is but eight-and.thirty, unit
!. within the fortnight past, he wa
in at the head of the most poweriu
2. bureau so far as patronage goes
there is in the English Cabine
Ia but one. And now he has talle
in so low that his wife can no longe
IS endure his repeated violations c
in the solemn oath he took befor
ne God, and will return to her chile
f. hoods home. Her life is ruined
OF broken, and ended long before he
I'd time. The incident furnishes a
~ awful warning. See what a iii
if sweet Minnie King, of Georgia, ha
he led since she married the wilt
ID wicked Anglesey, the grandson (
o. Lord Uxbridge, the hansomest an
,d most elegant man of his day, VII
on next to the Iron Duke won Wate